corselet

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Famed Choreographer Agnes de Mille, who danced the part first in 1938, turned up as Venus in droopy net stockings, ruffled corselet and a blonde wig suggesting Gorgeous George playing Lady Godiva.

From Time Magazine Archive

A corselet of reserve drew about him; the old subtle reservation again veiled his eyes.

From Caybigan by Hopper, James

I 'Tis time to leave the books in dust, And oil the unused armour's rust, Removing from the wall The corselet of the hall.

From Henrietta Maria by Haynes, Henrietta

A linen corselet came into use instead of the heavy metal cuirass.

From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Piercy, Willis Duff

Ivan drew from his necktie his breast-pin, and with it closed the countess's corselet.

From Black Diamonds by Jókai, Mór